240WheelwrightMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.121 State: 9/9 |
Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
Paper size: | 133 x 176 mm |
Plate mark size: | 127 x 176 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | buff |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | 'modern', fine |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light, slightly graduated |
Note on foul biting: | at edges |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | butterfly of 1886 |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | mfm |
ID: | K2330509 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.